# The Dragon's Mausoleum

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-dragons-mausoleum.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![loc argynvostholt mausoleum 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-mausoleum-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/argynvostholt.md) · level 8
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dark
> **Getting here:** [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)
> **Quests:** [The Dragon's Beacon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dragons-beacon.md)

## Overview

The stone tomb the Order's squires raised for the silver dragon Argynvost: his bones laid out on a long bier, all but the skull, guarded by the ghost of the man who kept the gate.

A low vestibule, its floor worn by kneeling. One narrow doorway leads on into a long vault where a skeleton far too big for any tomb lies along a raised stone bier, wings folded, neck ending in nothing.

**Resting:** Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.

![loc argynvostholt mausoleum overview](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-mausoleum-overview.webp)
*The whole place from above.*

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md):** The mausoleum

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the yard | [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md) |  |
| 2 | Out to the yard | [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md) |  |

## Map

![argynvostholt mausoleum](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/argynvostholt-mausoleum.svg)

**Key:** gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.

### Close up

![loc argynvostholt mausoleum spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-mausoleum-spot1.webp)
*Offering niches*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (1)
> - **[Phantom Warden](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/phantom-warden.md)**, here (#3): when not mausoleum opened and not bone watch defeated

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Offering niches | [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×4, 30 gp | open it |
| 5 | the dragon's gift | [+2 Shield](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#shield-2) | open it; only when argynvost beacon lit |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 the first time you come ([Random Treasure](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/random-treasure.md)). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.

## Fights

- *The warden's spear comes down, and the walls of the vault answer: grey men-at-arms step out of the stone on…*, in [The Dragon's Mausoleum](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-dragons-mausoleum.md): [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Dragon's Mausoleum](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-dragons-mausoleum.md)**, when level ≥ 8: Phantom Warden ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)), 3 × [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md) (2800 XP)
> - **[The Dragon's Mausoleum](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-dragons-mausoleum.md)**, when level ≥ 7: Phantom Warden ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)), 2 × [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md) (2100 XP)
> - **[The Dragon's Mausoleum](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-dragons-mausoleum.md)**: Phantom Warden ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)), [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md) (1400 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [The Dragon's Beacon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dragons-beacon.md): Argynvost lit a beacon at the top of his tower every night so the valley would know someone was keeping watch. It has been dark since he…